Diaz-Balart: Let the sun shine in

A group of House Republicans, including Lincoln Diaz-Balart, is calling on the Democratic chair of the House Rules Committee to let the often long, often late-night, meetings be televised, the Hill reports.

Diaz-Balart, the second ranking Republican on the committee, has often taken to the House floor to decry restrictions on legislation imposed in the committee.

“Whether it is a 300-page amendment dropped in members' laps at 3 o'clock in the morning, a conference report authorizing large payouts to AIG executives, or the Rules Committee's new-found role as the arbiter of every amendment considered on the floor of the House, the public deserves to see what we're up to in the Rules Committee,” he and the others wrote.